Beurre De L'Assomption

This is one of the new pears described by A. Leroy as of first quality. It is claimed to have originated at Nantes, in France, in 1863. The tree is said to be vigorous, with numerous strong branches, and very productive. Fruit, large, pyriform, slightly obtuse, citron yellow, marbled and dotted with reddish brown; flesh, white, half fine, juicy, melting, vinous sweet, with a delicate perfume. Ripe, last of July and early August. We take the above from the valuable and carefully prepared volume on Pears, by M. Andre Leroy, Angers, France. To our knowledge the variety has not as yet fruited in this country, and may prove some variety already known under another name. If it prove a new sort, with the qualities given it, it will be valuable here for its size and period of ripening.

Fig. 67. - Beurre de L'Assomption.

Beurre De Nantes, Or Nantais

Tree - vigorous, adapted for a pyramid or for training against a wall; it soon comes into a bearing state. Fruit - large, oblong, ot white, melting, very juicy, and perfumed. Ripens in September. One of the most handsome and delicious of the new Pears. It was raised by Francois Maisonneuve, a horticulturist at Nantes.

Beurre De Waterloo

Size - large, three inches high by two and a quarter riform. Stem - set without much depression, on one side. Calyx - open, in shallow furrowed basin. Color - dull green, skin rough, covered with coarse russet traces and points. Flesh - melting and juicy. Flavor - sprightly saccharine, pleasant. Season - Middle of October.

Fondante De Malines.

Beurre Delfosse

Tree - vigorous, suitable for a pyramid or standard. Fruit - middle-sized, roundish. Skin - yellowish-brown, slightly tinged with red next the sun. Flesh - white, fine, buttery, and melting; very juicy and sugary, with a delicious, perfumed flavor, somewhat resembling that of the Passe Colmar. Becomes fit for use in Belgium in December and January. Raised by M. Gregoire, of Jodoigne, Belgium.

Beurre Haffner

Size, medium; form, obtuse pyriform; color, yellow, with rosy cheek; flavor, sweet; quality, very good. This variety comes to us from Europe as a winter fruit, but its season here is November.

Beurre Judes

Size - medium. Form - pyriform. Calyx - open, in a furrowed basin. Stem - rather long, inserted without depression. Skin - dull yellowish-green, rough and thick, russeted, and stippled with coarse dots. Flesh - melting and buttery. Flavor - sweet, rich, excellent Season - early in October, of short duration. Core - medium size. Seeds - numerous, long, sharply pointed.

The Beurre Judes has been exhibited for some years, both under this cognomen and that of Longue de Maukoty (should be Longue de Nakourts). The former is correct, as we infer from the foreign catalogues. It is described in Hovey's Magazine in 1851 as "without much flavor; rots at the core. It has proved with us a very good fruit, but liable to quick decay".

BEURRE JUDES.